Fitch, John 1743-1798 creator mixed material monographic eng 700 3 3 Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, surveyor's notes, steamboat sketches, drafts of writings, printed matter, and miscellany. The papers relate chiefly to Fitch's development and promotion of the steamboat, though there is also material relating to his earlier surveying work in Ohio. Also includes some papers of architect William Thornton (1759-1828). Correspondents include Joshua Anderson, John James Beckley, Robert Fulton, Josiah Hornblower, Thomas Hutchins, Thomas Johnson, William Samuel Johnson, Jonathan Longstreth, Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, Charles Pettit, Edmund Randolph, Caleb S. Riggs, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Say, and William Thornton. Open to research. Microfilm edition available, nos. 17,137 (reels 84-86) & 15,820 (2nd set). Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1973-1977. Inventor. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Forms part of: Peter Force papers and collection (Series 8D : entry 47). Anderson, Joshua Correspondence Beckley, John James 1757-1807 Correspondence Fulton, Robert 1765-1815 Correspondence Hornblower, Josiah 1729-1809 Correspondence Hutchins, Thomas 1730-1789 Correspondence Johnson, Thomas 1732-1819 Correspondence Johnson, William Samuel 1727-1819 Correspondence Longstreth, Jonathan Correspondence Mifflin, Thomas 1744-1800 Correspondence Morris, Robert 1734-1806 Correspondence Pettit, Charles 1736-1806 Correspondence Randolph, Edmund 1753-1813 Correspondence Riggs, Caleb S. (Caleb Smith) 1756-1825 Correspondence Rittenhouse, David 1732-1796 Correspondence Say, Benjamin 1755-1813 Correspondence Steamboats Surveying Ohio Inventors Thornton, William, 1759-1828 mm 79020727 Open to research. DLC 790320 20260227111655.0 mm 79020727